The final results for the Kingston CBC, held Dec. 19th, are in. We tallied 102 species with record numbers of Mute Swan, Gadwall, Mallard, Redhead, Long-tailed Duck, Rough-legged Hawk, Wild Turkey, Red-bellied and Pileated Woodpecker, Bohemian and Cedar Waxwing, Snow Bunting and Am. Goldfinch. Rarities included a Pacific Loon, a Cackling Goose, 2 Harlequin Ducks, a Golden Eagle and a Hermit Thrush. Count week birds included Great Blue Heron, Carolina Wren, Brown Thrasher and Hoary Redpoll. I do not yet have a final tally for the Napanee Count, held Dec. 27, but a few of the highlights were a Cackling Goose, a Trumpeter Swan, 2 Killdeer, a N. Flicker, a Red-winged Blackbird and Chipping, White-throated, Savannah and 2 Swamp Sparrows. Other noteworthy birds included the Common Loon that remained at Jones Falls until at least Sunday and 6 Trumpeter Swans at Bedford Mills on Wednesday. The was a large concentration of gulls at Bath yesterday that contained 2 Glaucous, 1 Iceland and 20 Great Black-backed. Belted Kingfishers were reported from Bedford Mills, Collin's Bay and Taylor-Kidd Blvd. in the last two days. With the increase in redpoll numbers Hoary reports have begun to trickle in; 1 at Battersea on Monday and 2 more at Loughborough Lake on Tuesday. There have been a few reports of lingering birds; 3 Brown-headed Cowbirds at Wilstead on Christmas Eve, 2 White-throated Sparrows at a feeder out Hwy 2 east on Christmas day and an Am. Robin at Bedford Mills yesterday. Happy New Year Peter Good Kingston Field Naturalists 613 378-6605 _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
